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Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:52:54 GMT
Technology
Twitter followers 'can be bought'
Twitter users can now buy followers to boost the audience for the messages they send via the micro-blogging service.
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:16:58 GMT
Technology
Innocents accused of net piracy
The crackdown on illegal file-sharers is catching innocent people alongside the pirates, according to a report.
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:04:30 GMT
Middle East
Iran 'lifts block on SMS texting'
Reports from Iran say SMS text messaging services have been unblocked for the first time since disputed presidential elections.
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:23:19 GMT
Science & Environment
Ariane lofts biggest 'space bird'
The world's biggest commercial telecommunications satellite - to offer a terrestrial/satellite phone service - is put into orbit.
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:53:56 GMT
Business
Vodafone agrees new Carphone deal
Carphone Warehouse is to restart selling Vodafone mobile phone contracts, three years after Vodafone pulled the products.
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:44:57 GMT
Technology
Traffic rockets to Twitter site
The number of people visiting Twitter has soared over the past year, according to an internet monitoring company.
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:33:18 GMT
Technology
Cash for Pirate Bay file-sharers
New owners of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay say users will be paid for sharing files.

BBC News - Science/Nature


Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:38:03 GMT
Science & Environment
Climate change is shrinking sheep
Climate change is causing a breed of wild sheep in Scotland to shrink, according to research in the journal Science.
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:39:14 GMT
Science & Environment
Moon probe returns first images
The US space agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft sends back its first images since reaching the Moon.
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:54:47 GMT
Earth News
Amur tigers on 'genetic brink'
The world's largest cat is down to an effective wild population of fewer than 35 individuals, new research has found.
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:38:45 GMT
Science & Environment
World 'still losing biodiversity'
Species around the world are still being lost despite governments pledging action to reverse the trend, a report warns.
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:23:19 GMT
Science & Environment
Ariane lofts biggest 'space bird'
TerreStar-1, the world's biggest commercial telecommunications satellite, is put in orbit by an Ariane 5 rocket.
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:04:47 GMT
Health
Gene clues to schizophrenia risk
A team of scientists identifies thousands of tiny genetic variations which raise the risk of schizophrenia.
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:50:55 GMT
Science & Environment
Tags to help solve puffin decline
Scientists hope hi-tech tags will help reveal why puffin numbers at one of the UK's key colonies have fallen by a third.

New Scientist News


Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:40:07 GMT
Science & Environment
Lunar uranium and Martian sand traps: the week in space
This week, a new lunar orbiter sent back its first images and engineers prepared a mock Mars rover to help free Spirit, which is stuck in a sand trap on the Red Planet


Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:30:00 GMT
Science & Environment
Brain scanner for astronauts passes 'vomit comet' test
A device designed to study astronauts' brain activity has been tested in zero gravity for the first time – one day it could be used to monitor mission-compromising depression


Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:00:00 GMT
Science & Environment
Incredible shrinking sheep blamed on climate change
The mysterious size reduction of Scottish sheep over the last 20 years can be explained by shorter winters, researchers say


Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:00:00 GMT
Science & Environment
Computer reveals stone tablet 'handwriting' in a flash
Identifying individual carving styles on ancient tablets takes years of training – and even then can be up for debate – but now a computer can do it in seconds


Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:49:00 GMT
Science & Environment
Money flows into green transport despite recession
Investment in green transport rose in the second quarter of 2009 – bucking a six-month-long downward trend
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:57:00 GMT
Science & Environment
Most inspirational woman scientist revealed
Find out who New Scientist readers voted the most inspirational woman scientist of all time


Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:20:00 GMT
Science & Environment
Plant life saved Earth from an icy fate
We owe our very existence to plants, which – thanks to their relationship with CO2 – have prevented the Earth from freezing over



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